Procopius Divisch (Catholic Encyclopedia article)
William Fox · 1913
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Procopius Divisch, Premonstratensian, was born at Senftenberg, Bohemia, on 26 March 1698, and died at Prenditz, Moravia, on 25 December 1765. Christened Wenceslaus, he took the name Procopius as a religious. He studied at Znaym, then entered Bruck's Premonstratensian cloister school in Styria. Ordained in 1726, he soon became the school's philosophy professor.
In 1736 Prenditz's little parish near Znaym came under his charge. There he had leisure for work in hydraulics and electricity, building his own instruments. His fame spread, and Vienna called him to repeat his electrical experiments ere Emperor Francis and Empress Maria Theresa. He was among the first to use electricity in treating disease. Ere the French rendering of Franklin's letters appeared in 1751, he knew the discharging power of pointed rods. The first lightning rod rose by Divisch's hand at Prenditz in 1754, ere Franklin's hints were known or carried out elsewhere.
Catalog record
| CREATOR | William Fox |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 1913 |
| COLLECTION | REFERENCE |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 2 KB |
| LICENSE | PUBLIC_DOMAIN |
| RIGHTS | PUBLIC DOMAIN |
| SOURCE | New Advent — Catholic Encyclopedia (1913) |